Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-08-27
THE NEW DRESS COAT.
How ff is Made and What IL Looks
Like.

THE NEW DRESS COAT.
How is is Made and What IL Looks
Like.
From the New York Sun
For years the regulation dress coat has been out
OF favor, owing to several reasons. IL Is hot and
uncomfortable, and then some devotees OF fashion
realize that IL Is hard to distinguish between them
and the smiling tip fend OF the restaurant. To
the end OF making the difference more marked,
great minds have pondered long and deeply.
Wine-cOlored coats, knee breeches, and long silk
stockings have raised themselves above the dead
level OF sOnbre swallOw-tails, only to sink again
into oblivion and the secondhand clothing store
Efforts are now being made TO Introduce a new
style OF coat ror evening wear.
IL Is a sack coat OF black diagonal, moderately
rounded, and made to NJ into the back The collar
Is a SOFT roll known as the shawl pattern. collar
and roll silk finished with a small corded edge
There are two buttOnholes below the rol. With
this coat IS worn a lOw-cut vest, either OF the
same cloth as the coat, or OF white silk or pique.
The other articles OF dress correspond with those
80 the Conntess Of Rnssberv succeeded i0i rs
doing what was very difficult matter; she sue
cetded in inducing number OF English gentlemen
10 transgresS against custom By appearing IN the
evening In unusual garments. The eXpedient by
which the lady accomplished this was simple. She
gave large party. and upon the Invitations 1t was
stated that gentlemen would be expected to wear
the Costume described. What ultimate ef
feet Lady Roseberry's action may have had
rency the new costumes may have obtained In
England; but IL has reached New York. and is in
lar way OF becoming accliInated, for IL has ac
tually been adopted by that class of society whose
standing Is sufficient TO command for what they
fndorse the appreciation and imitation Of the
Bent on ascertaining the extent OF their popu-
lar1ty, sun reporter visited some OF the leading
taiiors yesterday. At Redfern's the gentlemanly
head cutter took the reporter under his wing. 'Do
we make many of them? Yes, LOIS OF them. They
are cool and comfortable, and much superior to the
regulation Swallow-tanr
Where did the style originator"
''They have been worn in England quite gene
rally for a great many years, but the fashion has
Just got TO this country"
'In what locality are they most worm"
'Weil, that is hard 10 tell. We send them all
over the country Quite number go TO Newport
and the Northern watering places. They seem to
be slowly gaining in popularity"
The reporter next made inquiry at JAS. Bell &
Sons.
'Make those things for dress coats? Well, 1
guess not. My dear friend, all that is a regular
morning house jacket which some ultra-fashion-
able chap has gotten on with his dress vest and
trousers 1t never will be worn by gentlemen. 1t
EcGti be u good thing to put them on walters,
Though because then the dudes would not be so
afraid of being taken for them"
AT DougheTty, Hertel Il Co.'S they had made a
few, bu. they said that those who had them We're
laying them aside for the old swallOw-tailS. The
Erin did not pin their faith on The new style.
sister Jones and the Minister AflOat.
From the Buffalo Courier.
party OF deep-water Baptists held service
Oh the Canaulan RIVER Dalk, opposite the mead D.
Grand Island, last sunday. There were some ten
oT dozen converts, mostly women. One of these
was afraid OF drowning, and she had her suit
Lined with cork from neck TO heels, but she didn't
say anything about It, The service proceeded
without hitch, and IL came sister Jones turn to
De Immersed. The minister waded out INTO the
stream, leading the sister by the hand and re-
peating the ritual. When they got waist deep
sister Jones had much difficulty In keeping her
feet on the bottom and the deeper she waded Inc
more this trouble increased, but she didn't want
TO say anything.
AL at once, however, the current took her of
of the water. The minister grabbed her and tried
10 pull her under. The current was every instant
dragging her out. The minister clutched franti-
cally at the fair convert. who was herself Strug-
SInS 10 assume an upright position, but without
success. The minister felt himself getting out OF
TO come out; the current was very swift. The
minister looked around and saw that he was Slip
ping rapidly down the river; he couldn't touch
Dottom- With d Superhuman effort he swung him
SELF up and seated himself his fair raft and
wildly fOuriahed his to the people ON shore,
Who were now fading into mere SpeckS.
This Is horrible" said the minister, looking
round on the waste OF waters; Gin three hours
well be over the falls. Sister Jones, let us sing
something in this trying hour"
SISTER Jones, who had been emitting ShriekS like
steam calliope, only shrieked the louder and the
'ReScUe the Perishing." He had hardly finished
The frSt stanZa when steam yacht hove in sight
anu bore down on them in response to the gestures
u the minister, and In fifteen minutes they were
rescued III an exhausted condition. The Clergy
man Is perhaps thinking OF becoming a COngrega-
that fears are entertained she Will become an In
rdel